myelogenous leukemia
noun
: leukemia characterized by proliferation of myeloid tissue (as of the bone marrow and spleen) and an abnormal increase in the number of granulocytes, myelocytes, and myeloblasts in the circulating blood
called also myelocytic leukemia, myeloid leukemia
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Peterson, who has worked with stars like Khloé Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez, shared the news in an Instagram post Wednesday that his daughter, Monroe Vivian, had been diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML Leukemia), which the Mayo Clinic says is cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
The late actor had been diagnosed with chronic leukemia in 2001 and with prostate cancer in 2012, after he was previously treated for myelogenous leukemia in the 1990s.
—and Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2023
There was an elevated trend for oral cancers, thyroid cancer, acute myelogenous leukemia, disorders of the blood, B-cell lymphomas and a certain kind of bladder cancer called nonpapillary transitional cell bladder carcinoma.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
Past that, there are four main types of leukemia: acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).
—Barbara Brody, Health.com, 28 Sep. 2021
Druker and the other chronic myelogenous leukemia experts warned in 2013 that Gleevec was setting an unsustainable example in health care.
—WIRED, 4 Sep. 2023
The primary type, which was listed as a sequential underlying cause, was acute myelogenous leukemia, and the actor had also been been diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer, according to his death certificate obtained by People.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2023
The underlying primary cause of death was recorded as acute myelogenous leukemia, a type of blood and bone marrow cancer.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2023
The primary type, which was listed as a sequential underlying cause, was determined to be acute myelogenous leukemia.
—Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
The late actor had been diagnosed with chronic leukemia in 2001 and with prostate cancer in 2012, after he was previously treated for myelogenous leukemia in the 1990s.
—and Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2023
There was an elevated trend for oral cancers, thyroid cancer, acute myelogenous leukemia, disorders of the blood, B-cell lymphomas and a certain kind of bladder cancer called nonpapillary transitional cell bladder carcinoma.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
Past that, there are four main types of leukemia: acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).
—Barbara Brody, Health.com, 28 Sep. 2021
Druker and the other chronic myelogenous leukemia experts warned in 2013 that Gleevec was setting an unsustainable example in health care.
—WIRED, 4 Sep. 2023
The primary type, which was listed as a sequential underlying cause, was acute myelogenous leukemia, and the actor had also been been diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer, according to his death certificate obtained by People.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2023
The underlying primary cause of death was recorded as acute myelogenous leukemia, a type of blood and bone marrow cancer.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2023
The primary type, which was listed as a sequential underlying cause, was determined to be acute myelogenous leukemia.
—Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
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